Daniel Mandell, Won 3 Film Editing Oscars

AP

Published: June 13, 1987

NEWPORT BEACH, Calif., June 12—
Daniel Mandell, a film editor who won three Oscars and was nominated for five others during a lengthy Hollywood career, died Monday in Huntington Beach, Calif., at the age of 92.

Mr. Mandell won Academy Awards for ''Pride of the Yankees'' in 1942, ''Best Years of Our Lives'' in 1946 and ''The Apartment'' in 1960.

He once said his favorite film was ''Wuthering Heights,'' for which he was also nominated for an Oscar for film editing.

His other editing credits included ''Porgy and Bess,'' ''Guys and Dolls,'' ''The Fortune Cookie,'' ''Witness for the Prosecution,'' ''The Westerner,'' ''Arsenic and Old Lace,'' ''The Real Glory'' and ''Hans Christian Andersen.''

Mr. Mandell was born in New York City in 1895. He quit school after the eighth grade to join his brother William as a vaudeville comedy acrobat and toured with the Ringling Brothers Circus.

He enlisted in the Marines during World War I and served in the German Occupation after the Armistice.

After he returned from Europe, Mr. Mandell was hired as a member of Samuel Goldwyn's technical staff. His first film for Goldwyn was ''These Three'' in 1935.

Mr. Mandell is survived by his wife, Leone, of Huntington Beach; a sister, Lillian Mandell of Hialeah, Fla., two children and four grandchildren.